Sentences with phrase «competitive disadvantage»

Frankly, it's a growing competitive disadvantage for any business.

Companies using old systems put themselves at a serious competitive disadvantage.

Businesses not using the Internet and in particular, search, display video and mobile advertising to connect with potential customers are placing themselves at a HUGE competitive disadvantage.

Conversely, the lawyer without access to these technologies will be at a significant competitive disadvantage.

However, the result of adding up all measures may be to turn a gross competitive advantage into a net competitive disadvantage.

Such farm subsidies put developing - country farmers at a huge competitive disadvantage.

The day is rapidly approaching when a company that does not make analytics informed IP decisions will be at a significant competitive disadvantage.

Cynthia Kiang, deputy director general for Bureau of Foreign Trade, says Taiwanese companies to be at competitive disadvantage without free - trade agreements.

«It (had placed) them at a serious competitive disadvantage in an industry where profit margins are very, very low.»

«American companies are at a huge competitive disadvantage with our international competitors,» Safavian told the Committee.

«Those REALTORS ® will be at a heavy competitive disadvantage against a big player like NationsBank.

It's a serious competitive disadvantage when even the most cramped city car rear seats tend to be used occasionally, but Smart has stuck to its guns to ensure the ForTwo stays small.

The iPad's higher price point has been seen as a potential competitive disadvantage by some analysts, at least within the e-reader segment.

Crippled by territorial license restrictions, digital rights management, and single - purpose devices and file formats that are simultaneously immature and already obsolescent, they are at a hopeless competitive disadvantage compared to full - fledged websites and even the humble PDF.

Firstly, I wonder what kind of competitive disadvantage the Court has in mind here.

Platforms and services will be expected to honor this fundamental principle, and to ignore it will become competitive disadvantage on an open Web.

There is a Quick Gear Guide to help you choose the right clothing and footwear for the obstacle race, which is very important reading if you want to avoid being at a serious competitive disadvantage due to wearing clothes that are made of cotton and soak up the water or wish to avoid sustaining an injury because you have chosen the wrong type of footwear.

«Due to the way money flows,» Hill wrote, «new [charter] schools face major competitive disadvantages.

Some of these competitors may also have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us, which may create competitive disadvantages for us when sourcing investment opportunities.

We also need to appreciate that the manager operates at a considerable competitive disadvantage because our rivals have invested far greater sums than we do in buying star players and that restriction should temper how we judge his and the teams performances.

Later Tuesday, a spokesman for the casino said the push in Albany is the result of a «blatantly unfair competitive disadvantage.»

This (lack of quality control, lack of curation) is the single biggest competitive disadvantage for indie authors.

But ultimately, the greatest competitive disadvantage that Wind, Mobilicity and Videotron faced against Bell, Rogers and Telus was where it mattered the most: the phones they could offer to attract customers.

«Our organic regulators have turned a blind eye as giant industrial operations place ethical family - scale dairy farmers at a distinct competitive disadvantage.»

«I'm proud of what we accomplished today running at such a large competitive disadvantage,» Fehan noted.

A recent study by Network Solutions and the University of Maryland shows that marketing / innovation is the single biggest competitive disadvantage confronting small business, after access to capital.

«Unlike most other services, we've chosen to stay out of the U.S. until we have the necessary licenses, which has put us at a substantial competitive disadvantage.

For all its track record of innovation and investment the US has created for its tech businesses some interesting competitive disadvantages: high noise levels of spam and marketing, erosion of trust and degraded value of personal data, laws like Patriot Act and FISAAA which justifiably piss non-USians off, programs like PRISM which seriously undermine the credibility of the companies affected, the dead hand and zombie brain of an out of control military - industrial complex.

Meanwhile, a system ensuring that state - of - the - art controls on emissions do not translate into a fatal competitive disadvantage would enable Canada to throw all its energies at providing incentives for the high - quality «green jobs» that need to be in place for the next generation.

Munger agreed and added that U.S. manufacturers have a «huge competitive disadvantage caused by the health system» over say European counterparts since U.S. businesses have to pay for health care costs while European companies don't.

«States that are simply investing in the status quo will put themselves at a tremendous competitive disadvantage for getting those additional funds,» Duncan said.

And places like Rhode Island that are thinking of underfunding charters are obviously going to put themselves at a huge competitive disadvantage going forward.

Indie Authors currently have lots of competitive advantages and several important competitive disadvantages.

Wage levels in Canada are generally in line with those in the United States, says an internal government study, suggesting the pay packets of Canadian workers pose no special competitive disadvantage.

'' [A] n employer can not lawfully deny his employees the right to bargain collectively through their designated representative in an appropriate unit because he envisions competitive disadvantages accruing from such bargaining.»

In other words, it is the effective competitive disadvantage that results from discrimination, which must be demonstrated by reference to the actual circumstances of the case, including the impact on the costs, income and profitability structures of the affected party — rather than the practice of discrimination considered in abstract — which constitutes the criterion for the existence of an abuse.

In the example of the automotive industry, the report identifies competitive disadvantage between Europe and the United States in the developmental stage of autonomous driving.

The university told the court that admissions information would be of great interest to college admissions consultants seeking an advantage in the competitive admissions process, and «would put Harvard at a severe competitive disadvantage.»

But a significantly weaker currency could put also put UK publishers at competitive disadvantage: Their advances (and royalties) are worth less to trading partners, which could mean that UK publishers need to pay more to win new properties, or may not be able to buy rights as broadly as they would like.»

«Small companies have competitive disadvantages in other areas, like federal and state incentives for doing business, or in the private sector getting volume discounts,» Bressler says.

Schools that can't afford to keep up, such as Columbia Business School, appear at a major competitive disadvantage.

some of these competitors may also have a lower cost of capital and access to funding sources that are not available to us, which may create competitive disadvantages for us with respect to investment opportunities;

Such an agreement could put Delphi and Visteon at a serious competitive disadvantage because they must now live with wage increases for the next four years.

Del Lago spokesman Steven Greenberg said Tuesday the casino faces a «blatantly unfair competitive disadvantage» because the Seneca Nation stopped making casino revenue sharing payments to state and local governments in Western New York and spent $ 50 million on promotions and incentives «to lure customers from del Lago.»

It is increasingly becoming America's great competitive disadvantage.

This, though, was perfectly clear: The Eagles were at a distinct competitive disadvantage.

At the same time, small businesses that either couldn't pay the new fee or couldn't negotiate such an arrangement for themselves would face a significant competitive disadvantage, losing customers to faster websites.

I don't care what segment of our industry you are in, if you can not deliver on these five customer demands and expectations you'll be at a serious competitive disadvantage.»

This tax rate saddles US companies with a huge competitive disadvantage in relation to foreign competitors.

That short description of what you do can put you at a competitive disadvantage.